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Experimental study of the structure of rich premixed 1,3-butadiene/CH4/O2/Ar flame

Hadj-Ali Gueniche·Pierre-Alexandre Glaude·René Fournet·Frédérique Battin-Leclerc
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The structure of a laminar rich premixed 1,3-C4H6/CH4/O2/Ar flame have been investigated. 1,3-Butadiene, methane, oxygen and argon mole fractions are 0.033; 0.2073; 0.3315, and 0.4280, respectively, for an equivalent ratio of 1.80. The flame has been stabilized on a burner at a pressure of 6.7 kPa (50 Torr). The concentration profiles of stable species were measured by gas chromatography after sampling with a quartz probe. Quantified species included carbon monoxide and dioxide, methane, oxygen, hydrogen, ethane, ethylene, acetylene, propyne, allene, propene, cyclopropane, 1,3-butadiene, butenes, 1-butyne, vinylacetylene, diacetylene, C5 compounds, benzene, and toluene. The temperature was measured thanks to a thermocouple in PtRh (6%)-PtRh (30%) settled inside the enclosure and ranged from 900 K close to the burner up to 2100 K.

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Hadj-Ali Gueniche, Pierre-Alexandre Glaude, René Fournet, Frédérique Battin-Leclerc. 2007-06-14. Experimental study of the structure of rich premixed 1,3-butadiene/CH4/O2/Ar flame. https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.2068

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